Manulife Financial Ownership | Who Owns Manulife Financial?

Manulife Financial Ownership Summary

Manulife Financial is owned by 0.27% institutional investors, 0.01% insiders, and 99.71% retail investors. Royal bank of canada is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 8.44% of MFC shares. Vanguard Total Intl Stock Index Inv is the top mutual fund, with 1.47% of its assets in Manulife Financial shares.

MFC Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Manulife Financial	0.27%	0.01%	99.71%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	48.97%	15.42%	35.61%
Industry	Life Insurance Stocks	59.86%	10.70%	29.44%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Royal bank of canada	149.77M	8.44%	$4.60B
Vanguard group	73.96M	4.17%	$2.27B
Bank of montreal /can/	44.44M	2.51%	$1.36B
Td asset management	34.80M	1.96%	$1.07B
National bank of canada /fi/	27.13M	1.57%	$867.07M
1832 asset management	25.16M	1.46%	$803.97M
Mackenzie financial	22.15M	1.29%	$708.68M
Norges bank	21.34M	1.20%	$654.75M
Toronto dominion bank	19.64M	1.14%	$628.50M
Cibc world market	19.43M	1.13%	$620.88M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Galibier capital management	710.07K	6.81%	$22.66M
Heathbridge capital management	470.85K	6.04%	$15.03M
Promethos capital	496.62K	5.36%	$15.86M
Cardinal capital management	4.79M	4.79%	$153.17M
Lincluden management	1.15M	4.29%	$35.43M
Hillsdale investment management	2.55M	3.95%	$78.11M
Letko, brosseau & associates	6.25M	3.82%	$199.57M
Value partners investments	1.52M	3.79%	$48.49M
Scheer, rowlett & associates investment management	1.39M	2.87%	$44.31M
Mufg securities (canada)	2.90M	2.82%	$92.70M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	21.34M	0.09%	21.34M
Ubs group	4.62M	0.03%	3.31M
Geode capital management	10.65M	0.03%	2.38M
Hillsdale investment management	2.55M	3.95%	1.74M
Mufg securities emea	2.10M	1.56%	1.60M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Fil	17.15M	0.47%	-19.48M
Federation des caisses desjardins du quebec	10.06M	1.57%	-6.01M
Sumitomo mitsui trust	-	-	-5.34M
Charles schwab investment management	-	-	-5.14M
Alberta investment management	-	-	-4.85M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	21.34M	0.09%	21.34M	$654.75M
Healthcare of ontario pension plan trust fund	400.00K	0.02%	400.00K	$12.80M
Magnetar financial	299.07K	0.05%	299.07K	$9.56M
Cubist systematic strategies	155.90K	0.03%	155.90K	$4.85M
Xtx topco	136.54K	0.18%	136.54K	$4.36M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Optiver b.v.	-12.00
Rise advisors	-30.00
Van hulzen asset management	-37.00
Cherry tree wealth management	-40.00
Global wealth strategies & associates	-47.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Mar 31, 2025	16	-97.79%	4,859,726	-99.42%	-	0.01%	7	-97.57%	2	-99.20%
Dec 31, 2024	653	-5.22%	833,908,811	-1.07%	47	2.90%	265	-4.33%	222	0.45%
Sep 30, 2024	679	2.88%	842,761,562	-5.55%	40	2.22%	272	1.49%	217	1.40%
Jun 30, 2024	651	0.46%	887,374,285	2.10%	49	2.12%	267	-7.93%	209	8.29%
Mar 31, 2024	648	7.11%	869,085,091	0.71%	48	2.17%	290	3.57%	193	11.56%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Intl Stock Index Inv	25.05M	1.47%	141.49K
RBC Canadian Dividend Fund A	17.32M	1.00%	-
Vanguard Developed Markets Index Admiral	15.59M	0.91%	212.42K
Vanguard Instl Ttl Intl Stk Mkt Idx TrII	12.94M	0.76%	126.88K
Harding Loevner International Eq Instl	11.23M	0.66%	-258.15K
Scotia Canadian Dividend A	10.49M	0.61%	-
iShares S&P/TSX 60 ETF	9.33M	0.54%	-133.22K
Russell Investments Core Equity SMA	9.00M	0.53%	-
TD Dividend Growth - I	8.47M	0.49%	-
GMO Intl Op Value Composite	7.88M	0.46%	7.88M

MFC Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Manulife Financial?

Manulife Financial shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 0.27%, followed by 0.01% insiders and 99.72% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Manulife Financial's industry, Life Insurance Stocks , is 59.86%, which Manulife Financial falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Manulife Financial?

Manulife Financial’s largest shareholders are Royal bank of canada (149.77M shares, 8.44%), Vanguard group (73.96M shares, 4.17%), and Bank of montreal /can/ (44.44M shares, 2.51%). Together, they hold 15.12% of Manulife Financial’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Manulife Financial?

BlackRock is not among the top 10 institutional shareholders of Manulife Financial.

Who is Manulife Financial’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Galibier capital management is Manulife Financial’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 6.81% of its assets in 710.07K Manulife Financial shares, valued at 22.66M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Manulife Financial shares?

Vanguard Total Intl Stock Index Inv is the top mutual fund holder of Manulife Financial shares, with 1.47% of its total shares outstanding invested in 25.05M Manulife Financial shares.

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